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November 20, 1948	The Korean People's Army A collection of speeches of Kim Il Sung, Kim Du-bong, Choe Yong-geon, and Kim Dal-hyeon on the Korean People's Army in 1948.
May 27, 1958	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A. M. Puzanov for 27 May 1958 Kim Il Sung and the Soviet Military Attaché A. A. D'yakonov review North Korea's military preparations and foreign military relations.
May 15, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 15 May 1957 Kim Il Sung requests that Military Attaché General-Lieutenant D'yakonov and other Soviet military specialists meet often with North Korean higher command personnel.
August 1, 1953	Note from the Embassy of the Polish Republic in Korea about the Korean War Armistice A truce agreement for Korea is signed in Panmunjeom.
July 3, 1953	Telegram of the Soviet Chargé to the PRC to the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers After acknowledging Syngman Rhee's solitary role in blocking the passage of the armistice agreement, Peng Dehuai and Kim Il Sung draft a response to General Clark.
September 4, 1952	Record of a Conversation between Stalin, Kim Il Sung, Pak Heon-yeong, Zhou Enlai, and Peng Dehuai Soviet, Chinese, and North Korean officials discuss the military situation in Korea and the status of armistice talks.
October 8, 1950	Telegram from Shtykov to the Soviet Council of Ministers Telegram of the ambassador of the USSR in the DPRK to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR with information from the North Korean government about the decision of China to send a volunteer army to Korea
May 30, 1950	Cable Nos. 408-410, Shtykov to Vyshinsky (for the Politburo) Terenti Shtykov reports on Kim Il Sung's military planning for an invasion of South Korea and signals Soviet approval for the invasion.
March 9, 1950	Telegram from Shtykov to Vyshinsky In a telegram to Shytykov which he then relays to Vyshinsky, Kim Il Sung writes that North Korea requests of the Soviet Union military and technical support. In return, North Korea is sending the natural resources such as gold and silver to Soviet Union. Kim requests that a
January 8, 1951	Telegram, Mao Zedong to Filippov (Stalin) transmitting 4 January 1951 message from Peng Dehuai, Kim Son, and Pak Il-u to Kim Il Sung Message from Mao to Stalin informing him of the PLA's intent to push south of the Han River to capture key staging points such as Gimpo Airport and deny the enemy time to regroup.